Cyclones Win Race to 6, Eliminate London

The 4th seeded Minor Bantam Chatham-Kent Cyclones would be matched against the first place London Gold squad for round 1 of the Alliance championship. Despite the mismatch in the standings, the Cyclones stormed to a series win, reaching 6-points first, to advance to the next round of the Alliance playoffs.

Game 1 on February 18th would see the Minor Bantam Chatham-Kent Cyclones travel to London where they would battle hard for the ever important first win of the series. The Cyclones would come out on top with a 2 -1 win with goals going to Kyle Fife and Nick Delyzer. Ben Nichols also picked up an assist in the win.

Game 2 would be the next day back in Bothwell where London would get out to a 1-0 lead in the first but the resilient Cyclones would get one back in third as Phillip Clarke scored from Brendan Harrogate and Brady Pataki to tie the game. Overtime would not solve anything and the game would end in a tie.

Game 3 back in London on the 24th would see the Cyclones fight for and hang on to a 1-0 win giving them a 5 points to 1 lead in the series, a tie or a win in game 4 would vault them into the second round. Ross Krieger scored the lone goal in the game from Brendan Harrogate and Levi Terault.

Game 4 at Memorial Arena in Chatham would not disappoint and like the previous three games it would be a fight by both sides for goals. Chatham-Kent would again force OT on a late goal in the third to make it 2 -2 and end the game in a tie. Kyle Fife and Ross Krieger scored with assists to Tetrault, Delyzer and Brower.

Joe Raaymakers played all 4 games in net for the Chatham-Kent Cyclones.

The Minor Bantam Chatham-Kent Cyclones would win the race to 6 points and eliminate the first place Knights to move onto the second round.